1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: There's this concept of um and I think it's like 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: people like Peter Till who talk about this like you 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: have to have a unique perspective on things like what 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: is your unique value? Like why should you be doing 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: this thing? If you're going to an investor and they're like, 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: you know, okay, we understand there's an opportunity in the marketplace, 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: but why are you the one to solve this thing? 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: And when I talk to entrepreneurs, sometimes not not of 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: you know, black descent or African American descent or African descent, 10 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: I should say, um, I find entrepreneurs who may be 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: in wildly successful businesses, but they have no passion for 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: the business that they're in. Maybe they do you know, 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: street signs, right, whatever it is that they do. And 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: I wonder if you could play the other side of 15 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: that conversation, like when is it okay for us to 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: just be opportunists and see an opportunity in the marketplace 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: and go do something about it. There's no argument against that, 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: that's for sure. I think it's funny when you talk 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: about why are you the person? If you're not the person, 20 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: but you have a hundred thousand people saying that you 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: are the person that about it, whether I think you're 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: the person or where the investor things to your person. 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: There's a hundred thousand people back there and they're buying 24 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: my service who think I'm the person. They don't care 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: about me. They care about the service. And so if 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: you're trying to get funding and you have a whole 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: bunch of tracks, you have a whole bunch of crazy fans. Um, 28 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: that's the volumes. Now they may be look other kinds 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: of pattern matching, right, but results talk. So I think 30 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: that that's the first thing to think about when you're 31 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: when you were when you were saying um. And in 32 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: terms of like taking opportunities, yeah, because sometimes you practice 33 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: that this one fails, but you learn some things. You 34 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: take another crack at it, a little while longer, a 35 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: little bit later, another and then it's the next idea 36 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: that actually clicks. But if you're waiting for that perfect opportunity, 37 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: probably aren't going to ever. So if you see something 38 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: before it tested out and then hit that wall and say, Yep, 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: this is not the business I want to be, that's 40 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: much better than sort of waiting back and hoping for 41 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: perfect situation, because that's not going to ever happen. It's 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: black tech, green money. Share this podcast with the people 43 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: you're closest to.